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79R12384 KO-D
By: Jones of Dallas H.R. No. 1236
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Every year, tens of thousands of American workers
are killed by workplace injuries and occupational disease and tens
of thousands more are permanently disabled or made ill; and
WHEREAS, Concerned citizens are observing Workers Memorial
Day on April 28, 2005, to remember and honor those victims of
workplace injuries, disease, and death; and
WHEREAS, This special observance is also a time to celebrate
the more than a quarter-million working American men and women
alive today because of the far-reaching and successful workplace
safety battles workers and their unions have won; and
WHEREAS, Since the passage of the 1969 Coal Mine Health and
Safety Act, the establishment of the 1970 Occupational Safety and
Health Act, and the implementation of hundreds of job safety and
health initiatives, from cotton dust laws to needle-stick
regulations, the nation's workplace fatality rate has dropped more
than 70 percent and the injury and illness rate has decreased by 48
percent in the past three decades; and
WHEREAS, Much work remains to be done, and Workers Memorial
Day provides an opportunity for Americans to renew their efforts to
seek stronger safety and health protections, better standards and
enforcement, and fair and just compensation, and to rededicate
themselves to improving safety and health in every workplace; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize April 28, 2005, as Workers Memorial
Day in honor of those workers killed, disabled, injured, or made ill
on the job and encourage all Texans to do their part in ensuring a
safe and healthy work environment for themselves and their fellow
employees.